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Project Information
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| Project ID: |
ACR215 |
| ARB ID: |
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| Project Name: |
Açu Renewable Energy Project |
| Project Description: |
The project activity is a bundling project of several ceramic industries located in the Açu region, State of Rio Grande do Norte, northeast of Brazil. The ceramic factories used exclusively non-renewable woody biomass from the Caatinga biome as fuel (wood without sustainable forest management, also referred as native firewood). The use of this type of non-renewable biomass is a common practice in the ceramic industry sector. On the other hand, the project activity focuses on the use of renewable biomass for thermal energy supply. The fuel switching, from non-renewable biomass to renewable biomass (available in the region) was not expected in absence of the project activity, once there were no incentives to support the fuel switching. In order to utilize renewable biomass in a proper way, most of the ceramic companies will have to invest in new equipments to allow an efficient use of renewable biomass as fuel. The carbon credits are an important component to make this Project feasible. |
| Project Type: |
Fuel Switching |
| Start Date/Offset Project Commencement: |
1/1/2008 |
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| Project Website: |
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| Project Site Location: |
Açu region (municipalities of Açu, Afonso Bezerra, Alto do Rodrigues, Carnaubais, Ipanguaçu, Itajá, Macau, Pendências, Porto do Mangue). |
| Project Site State (Primary): |
State of Rio Grande do Norte |
| Project Site Country: |
BR |
| Project State: |
Canceled |
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| Documents: |
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